Bake
/beɪk/noun
To cook food by dry heat, especially in an oven.
Did you know?English **bake** comes from a deep Germanic root meaning “to heat” or “make warm,” and its cousins spread through the old language family into words for cooking, warming, and even physical heat.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bheh₂-
“to shine, glow, or heat”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*bakjaną
“to bake, roast, or heat”
Old English
OE
bacan
“to bake, roast, or heat”
Middle English
ME
baken
“to bake or cook by dry heat”
Modern English
English
bake
“to cook food by dry heat, especially in an oven”